BEIJING -- Chinese Vice-Premier Liu Yandong Friday called for more efforts to promote traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) overseas. Liu made the remarks while meeting with representatives from the TCM industry Friday. China should improve scientific and technical support for TCM, educate more TCM professionals, and set up regulations, policies, management systems and evaluation systems for the industry, Liu said. The Law on Traditional Chinese Medicine will go into effect on July 1. With a history of more than 2,000 years, TCM is seen by many as a national treasure in China for its unique theories and practices, such as herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage and dietetics. There are 482,000 TCM doctors in China now. custom rubber braceletspaper wristbandscustom rubber bandscheap custom wristbandsadjustable wristbandsprinted bracelets
MACAO - The total population in China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) reached 653,100 at the end of last year, with the female accounting for 53.0 percent of the total, the SAR's statistics service said on Tuesday.Information from the Statistics and Census Service indicated that the elderly population (aged 65 and over) made up 10.5 percent of the total, up by 0.7 percentage points year-on-year.Meanwhile, the proportion of adult population (aged 15-64) dropped by 1.0 percentage point to 76.7 percent. The ageing ratio rose by 4.1 percentage points year-on-year to 83.0 percent, indicating a continuous ageing of the population.In 2017, a total of 6,529 live births were delivered, down by 617 year-on-year. The sex ratio of newborns was 107.5, corresponding to 107.5 male babies per 100 female babies. The mortality decreased by 128 year-on-year to 2,120 in 2017.Non-resident workers totalled 179,456 at the end of 2017, up by 1,818 year-on-year. Following the completion of several large-scale entertainment facilities and residential projects, the number of non-resident workers in construction dropped by 12.8 percent year-on-year.
